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Over 3.0m mobile, net subscribers drop out

ISMAIL HOSSAIN 2022-11-17 08:48:44

Domestic digital divide is widening as all three private mobile network operators (MNOs) lost around two million mobile subscribers and over one million internet users in September, according to lates...

EV battery makers race to develop cheaper cell materials

-- 2022-11-15 14:25:27

US and European startups are racing to develop new batteries using two abundant, cheap materials — sodium and sulfur — that could reduce China's battery dominance, ease looming supply bott...

Meta says Facebook Reels available for both iOS and Android users in Bangladesh

-- 2022-11-13 20:24:53

After the launch of Instagram Reels in August, Meta has now brought Facebook Reels to everyone in Bangladesh, introducing short-form, entertaining video experiences and tools to creators and audiences...

Australia to consider banning paying of ransoms to cyber criminals

-- 2022-11-13 15:12:05

Australia's Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil on Sunday said the government would consider making illegal the paying of ransoms to cyber hackers, following recent cyber-attacks affecting millions of...

Crypto exchange FTX files for US bankruptcy, its CEO resigns

-- 2022-11-12 18:22:33

Crypto exchange FTX filed for US bankruptcy on Friday and Sam Bankman-Fried stepped down as CEO, after a liquidity crisis that has prompted intervention from regulators around the world. FTX, its aff...

Tech billionaires who lost billions in net worth in 2022

Rassiq Aziz Kabir  2022-11-12 15:03:11

2022 has been a rough year for the global economy. Even the billionaires who made their fortune in technology have faced a significant hit as their collective loss amounts to about USD 500 billion. Th...

Musk warns of Twitter bankruptcy as more senior executives quit

-- 2022-11-11 15:02:09

Twitter's new owner Elon Musk on Thursday raised the possibility of the social media platform going bankrupt, capping a chaotic day that included a warning from a US privacy regulator and the exit of...

Hubble reveals massive star's explosion in blow-by-blow detail

-- 2022-11-10 18:06:06

About 11.5 billion years ago, a distant star roughly 530 times larger than our sun died in a cataclysmic explosion that blew its outer layers of gas into the surrounding cosmos, a supernova documented...

Israel harnessing DNA of crops to enhance food supply

-- 2022-11-10 16:38:34

Could the key to securing the world's food supply for the future be hidden in the DNA of crops from the distant past? Scientists in Israel are creating a gene bank from the seeds of local wild crops,...

IBM launches its most powerful quantum computer

-- 2022-11-09 22:08:00

International Business Machines Corp on Wednesday said it launched its most powerful quantum computer to date called the Osprey, a 433-qubit machine that has three times the number of qubits than its...

'Beaver blood moon' offers world's last total lunar eclipse until 2025

Reuters 2022-11-09 17:40:24

Nighttime skywatchers from East Asia to North America have been treated to the rare spectacle of a "Beaver blood moon" on Tuesday, as the Earth, moon and sun align to produce a total lunar eclipse for...

Musk lays out Twitter mission

-- 2022-11-07 15:37:01

Twitter's new CEO Elon Musk said on Sunday the social media platform's mission was to become the most accurate source of information about the world, sparking debate about how it would achieve that an...

Facebook parent Meta is preparing large-scale layoffs this week: Report

-- 2022-11-07 12:23:15

Meta Platforms is planning to begin large-scale layoffs this week that will affect thousands of employees, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday citing people familiar with the matter, with...

Crypto exchange Binance helped Iranian firms trade $8 billion despite sanctions

-- 2022-11-06 16:51:04

Crypto giant Binance has processed Iranian transactions with a value of $8 billion since 2018 despite US sanctions intended to cut Iran off from the global financial system, blockchain data show. Alm...

Phd Scholarship on Health Economics at University of Newcastle

FE Online 2022-11-06 15:50:48

The University of Newcastle is one of the Top 20 universities in Australia. Host Country: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia Host University: University of Newcastle Name of the scholarship: PhD...

Musk's Twitter updates app to start charging $8 for blue checkmark

-- 2022-11-06 10:45:18

Twitter on Saturday updated its app in Apple's App Store to begin charging $8 for sought-after blue check verification marks, in Elon Musk’s first major revision of the social media platform. T...

India says Xiaomi misled Deutsche Bank on 'illegal' royalty payments

-- 2022-11-05 17:18:47

Indian investigators have alleged Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp's India unit misled its banker Deutsche Bank AG for years by claiming it had an agreement for payment of royalties when it had no...

Twitter lays off half of its workforce

-- 2022-11-05 11:48:20

Twitter laid off half its workforce on Friday but said cuts were smaller in the team responsible for preventing the spread of misinformation, as advertisers pulled spending amid concerns about content...

Twitter layoffs starts Friday

-- 2022-11-04 10:06:41

Twitter will tell employees by email on Friday about whether they have been laid off, temporarily closing its offices and preventing staff access, following a week of uncertainty about the company's f...

Microsoft extends free tech support for Ukraine through 2023

-- 2022-11-03 18:50:39

Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it would extend technology support for Ukraine free of charge through 2023, as Russia's invasion of the country drags on. Microsoft said it would provide additional te...

Full funded Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunity in Austria

FE Online 2022-11-03 17:34:47

The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is a global research institute whose purpose is to use and refine system analysis to reduce human footprint, enhancing sustainability a...

Advertisers begin to grill Musk over Twitter 'free-for-all'

-- 2022-11-03 10:39:50

Elon Musk promised advertisers he would keep Twitter from turning into a "free-for-all hellscape." This week, advertisers are beginning to demand details on how he plans to uphold the commitment. A m...

Elon Musk to be new Twitter CEO

-- 2022-11-02 10:46:58

Tesla boss Elon Musk said on Monday he will serve as chief executive of Twitter, the social media company he just bought for $44 billion, a move that Wall Street analysts have said could stretch the b...

Musk says Twitter will charge $8/month for blue check mark

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-02 10:00:37

Twitter Inc will charge $8 a month for its Blue service, which includes its sought-after "verified" badge, new boss Elon Musk said on Tuesday as he seeks to boost subscriptions and make the soci...

Application open for Chancellor’s International Scholarship at the University of Warwick, England

FE Online 2022-10-31 17:32:13

The University of Warwick is one of the Top 10 universities in the UK, and one of the Top 100 universities worldwide. Host Country: England Host University: University of Warwick Name of the schola...

Hundreds of Apple workers in Australia set to strike again

-- 2022-10-31 16:54:29

Hundreds of Apple workers in Australia are set to strike again after almost two-thirds of employees rejected a pay and benefits deal, the latest escalation of a fight that has seen weeks of walkouts a...

Fall of Motorola - the company that launched cell phone for the first time

Safrina Kabir 2022-10-29 17:24:27

Motorola, the first company to publicly market cellular phones, made its first test call in 1973. Ten years after that, they hit the market.  Starting from 1983, they launched dozens of mobile p...

Zuckerberg to testify in US case against Facebook's virtual reality deal

-- 2022-10-29 10:25:33

Meta Platforms Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will testify in a case by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that argues the company's proposed deal to buy virtual reality (VR) content maker Wi...

Metaverse opens up new world of cybercrime: Interpole

-- 2022-10-28 16:23:08

Global police agency Interpol said it was preparing for the risk that online immersive environments - the "metaverse" - could create new kinds of cybercrime and allow existing crime to take place on a...

Two NASA spacecraft detect biggest meteor strikes at Mars

-- 2022-10-28 16:11:37

Two NASA spacecraft at Mars — one on the surface and the other in orbit — have recorded the biggest meteor strikes and impact craters yet. The high-speed barrages last year sent seismic w...